false 53817 24 Mention the word "grace" and what immediately comes to mind for most of us is a bagpipe wailing the solemn notes of "Amazing Grace." <p> The grace of which Philip Yancey writes is the freely given and unmerited favor and love of God. This grace seems a remote, almost sentimental concept, without a place in our lives or our society. It is a vague, slippery thing to us, probably because we seem to experience grace so rarely and have managed to leech the word of meaning. But Philip Yancey has set about to rescue grace in his book <I>What's So Amazing About Grace?</I> <p> This grace is the true message of Jesus. All faiths have virtues and creeds and justice and truth, but Jesus speaks merely of receiving the love that God has for us. Accepting it, not earning it or making ourselves worthy of it. And frankly, accepting something we have not earned or are not worthy of is not an easy thing for most of us. <p> In truth, grace is both utterly simple and utterly confounding. Little by little, Yancey guides us into a clearer understanding of grace by using stories, in much the same way Jesus did. We read stories of both grace and ungrace at work in people's lives. Sadly, it is stories of ungrace that are more prevalent today, the current culture wars painful acknowledgments of ungrace in our lives as Christians in this country. Yancey helps us understand that ungrace is that state of being in which self-righteousness and pride are a result of thinking that we have somehow earned God's approval and may now stand in judgment in his behalf. <p> Philip Yancey was awarded the Gold Medallion Christian Book of the Year award for this book in 1998 by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. Readers concurred with this decision, making this book an immediate bestseller. Believers and nonbelievers alike should accept Yancey's challenge to become agents of grace rather than agents of vengeance or judgment or anger. In truth, we are each starving for grace, ready to grasp it tightly. And it is through grace that all other hungers--for justice, for righteousness, for love--are satisfied. Yancey opens his book by telling us that "grace" is the last best word, and in <I>What's So Amazing About Grace?</I>, he proves that he's right. <I>--Patricia Klein</I> 1616396 1997 What's So Amazing About Grace? total:1556|5:729|4:549|3:245|2:28|1:5| 1556 6637 2157 228 5 4 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 22 07:49:54 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 07:50:57 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 3 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 26 09:21:52 -0800 2007 Thu Feb 14 08:57:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Jul 10 20:42:51 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 10 21:32:57 -0700 2008
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So I got to dwell by myself in Africa with a Bible, this book, and an RC Sproul book.

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I didn't necessary com...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 13:23:06 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 13:29:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jan 18 11:22:27 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 11:37:03 -0800 2009 One of the hardest quotes to swallow, "He who cannot forgive another breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself." ~George Herbert.
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To quote in less than ten words (from the book):

We are bastards and yet God still loves us.


A great summary of all that should be considered Christian, but isn't. Yancey's focus on grace is right on track with the script...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=53825